Hose-end dispenser device

Abstract

A hose-end dispenser device including a container with an outlet opening, a handle extending along the container adjacent the opening, a rigid tube for carrier fluid flow overlying the handle and the opening and having insulating means thereon along the handle, a fluid connection from the container into the tube through the opening of the container, and a discharge means at one end of the tube. Preferred embodiments are characterized by radially extending thermally non-conductive fins on the rigid tube to form the insulating means, and/or a foaming nozzle of particular configuration forming the discharge means.

I claim: 
     
       1. A hose-end dispenser device comprising: a container defining an outlet opening;   a handle rigidly attached to said container and extending therealong adjacent said opening;   a rigid tube for carrier fluid flow overlying said handle and said opening, said tube having two ends and having insulating means along said handle;   fluid connection means from said container into said tube via said opening;   hose attachment means at one end of said tube; and   discharge means at the other end of said tube, said discharge means comprising a fixed cylindrical member forming an extension of said tube, said fixed member defining at least one lateral air inlet; an insert piece within said cylindrical member restricting the flow through said fixed member, said piece defining at least one restricted flow orifice upstream of said at least one air inlet; a cone-shaped deflector member attached to said insert piece in axial alignment with said fixed member and having an outside flow deflecting surface flaring radially outwardly in a downstream direction at a point downstream of said at least one air inlet; and an axially adjustable outwardly flaring nozzle member connected to said fixed member, said axial adjustability varying the size of an annular flow channel between said nozzle and said flow deflecting surface to provide foam spray patterns of varying width.   
     
     
       2. The device of claim 1 wherein said insulating means comprises a multiplicity of radially extending thermally nonconductive fins formed on said rigid tube, each of said fins having a radially outermost surface, said surfaces together forming a grip for said tube. 
     
     
       3. The device of claim 2 including a container closure defining said opening, said closure having an upper surface substantially in the same plane as the surface of said handle which said rigid tube overlies. 
     
     
       4. The device of claim 3 wherein the portion of said tube overlying said opening is integrally formed with said closure. 
     
     
       5. The device of claim 4 wherein said handle is integrally formed with said container.